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• Thehourstbat. go;
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ohanity Business. Aa wflhi-
seeitby adVertiVendent
Mr.. .lo McgOr has t)urnhasad the
;took an4 iood ri11 of the busines4
•carried on by, Nfr. R. A.. Glow, and,,
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td&keepiig in stock a full aupplt Of
freshireeeties, etc.
Yining 'Men whonte bothering their
illindS trying to think 'orsomething tca
•give particular y. on hg Jades„ ate advised
that marriage licenses are, iieky chealx
Yes, rating than* and if you want to
get one, M. Campbell will be only too
' It is witirpleum00 WO 1)0,11(0 tlie
readers of ths Sp,,f!rrligsf.'„ the' 4:ill:owing
fi•om :the cOlurnrie •Of the Wheittlninl
•Daltotti Zogle. Mr.
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Wn'u.raneik". 444' brgther: ';tia
CalPerral, of thie-
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Bull fat and faraway,
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Perebamis..what we do seek.
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SMRLE
A Story Of Woman's 'Faithfuliesti •
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"What station 'wte that, Slur y ?•'•
That was Amieusi. dean; • We are quite
-half way there nowt; . • •
'!-Httlf way to Boulogne,perhalis; bUtOu
journey:will not endthere,", , ••-?-
am afraid you- are" tired,
darling," the,. girl, said, in a pitiful
-• -tender • voloe;, : and' the invalid+ answered,
•.weatily-r . /1
: "Yes, Verytired-Very, i?ery
TheY. Wore the only oecupantheir a s'Aid.
• , ,!chnia railWaycompartment.: in the tidal.
ktr-4-2.44.-Xkltilbakialtii,itectn114401iii<pre,l'ofosait.
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18,01-KVoltifhaczat .cezoaLcs4..«.4firtl..40 .
-haro-was:Ekimathing beside!' •••fatigue and,
sadness on the ,eldar:Wouiaja'A face, as she
• ley back. hall ;resting Mr 'herdaughter's
etrong.Yoting arm,,halt ''Upini, ',the - ottehiens
-Which had been piled one titian another to
give bet:stipPort: ,.-Z•.• • ,..... , 7: •••• •,.. - ,;•.' .
-• : It was not •pletigink 'Weather : Or travel-
ing; :,thesky wieigrnyand.farbiddifig,.. and
-a".•161iill, ',wind: ble*:::Itgatilet.tlini.:"„ottriftgel.
'., Windoirk : bringing:- With'. 'it , oceaelonally 'a
: . ,.844,4ft, 461004kioti.or (of ,; rain.. 1whiek *Ode
•:lag.% Roes 'shiver. I .phirley..dteW. her
rtitlithilifs' Wien!' more. closely amend her,
and pulled :the :blind 6Ver ,ilie.'windoW to
:, Iteep:totit the •clraughti' while,' the tender pity
' , 'On)* young face' deepaindas, she watched,
1 stligii. invelid : 'resting With closed eyes
.. and faintly drawn • breath : ,ttpOn ' the•
' ''•Ciudikine,': - ' • ' .... , ,'' . .... ••• .
' . SAoh eloVelifeceit weal Years of -sorrow'
- " 'Iand:,,ritlyttion and•MenthOf.euffering had
• ', mikbeen ithle to rob it Of its beauty;'. it was
• 'biattitifiii, and would : be •beatitifni to :the
gat: PelidatelY.. regular- ' features, large
litstreris eyes', and eoft dark hair without*
. ..,.,sittker thread .among,ite'glesay ;braids,.."made
, lip..a • feat enientble; of rare lovelineits, even.
beside the fait young face netr..:Ater,1*. • Mrs,
:.:1toss; wair still in the prime' of her *Minn,.
.
hoodt-oho wanted: yet three,,Yearit of forty
. •
but • she? wasdying, and::elteknew it well
: • : -ay, and. Shirley, although:she tried to' blind
• herself, :knew it... also -dying,' and •at'la.
period when toreanylifele at its best' and
: brighteit',. when the sternly : troubles of
.1- youth are Over, .and calmi settled. stuiphine
.hics succeeded -at •ct liine of life :when,
many.:. a happy- inothei,--'seee het:childien
' :growing 4 *Pond het,' able*. appked140:
'
.her care and love; and, •repay them 'w
their own -when any yetis of health and
, `happiness may be Anticipated -dying, 'yes;
- and glad --oh, CO glad to lay down the
.burden a Wel... , • ,.. ; . •.• - . • ' • , •
; ,• The gray Oetober day..WOre on-the'cloelf
•at -the last: staticel ' they had 'painted had
pointed to the half hour after two. •. Nig:
Rope raised heritelf slightly, and opened her
7.- heavy eyes, • • -,,
••::" . "Has it ',grown. much colder; Shirley,"
she said,•in herlovi. feint:tdnee„ "or ' is it• ,
:. ,my imagination?" • . , ' • , . ' . • ...
_ ' • .! It 'al%Vaya. seems to stow colder ttavel,
;ling, I think, dear," answered Shirley;'hi
. .her bravo cheerful.voice, although the: -qrs.
' .;tiOn ' p+ruck her, painfully, '," especially as
, One gets nearer the Ilea. . 1.4etme' get the
,plaid, darling, and wrap it round you."'
."Bilt .I am like a mummy already, little
': daughter," said Mrs. ' Rees, :with a !faint
4115h. ' - ' - • ' ., - . ' •• .. I.
,,A :.'.44.• Never .Mind; • there is no one to, deo you
:but me.". • ‘ , . . -.:. ,.. - - ..... • ..
'
As she Spoke, :the young. girl '..left" her
niothet's side for A moment•and ,moved to
the:•. Other' 'end of:the carriage, whore softie
ptipplorcientary,tugs and shawls were 'strap-
' ped together. The straps were easy enough
.•
to urtfaeten; but PoutehOW '13hiriel . Was a:
: long time ..oyer:, the • taskeperhaps beCatute
.: bee littlk\fingers":were .eo -•unsteady,, and
' beettnie her. ey,ee, Were, " So fill of great
.. rinehed tears, tvliiiiii she Would not let fall.
. :Wheneha returned '., to her mother, ' file
•••':, tears • 'had.:been resolutely forced back, and
. • thole 8raft a brave little smile on:. the ' Sweet
° ..:'etrtigglirig. against the eeling' of faintness
red lips, . Mtg.' •Ileseccird ; to ernile also,
• Nell , Wag_ eteeling, over ',her,: Utiti. Which
T'llit :40',',:the Closed carriage, • into which no
N tlradght'Ofihetkfli,tedi 9134311i titiNgiiillo ...Alit
,b'e'c1ughters tpilek eyeelsaW th mortise,
• e\o,
naliallor of ger face,and she bent'over
it grieyonealarin, : ' . • ,
; l.'s 400.d.Orlitig,..What iit if? Yon "aro
re
ein ;t4i' taiiagive yAiti.sonicthi rim" tate 'sal
.1, rri '.1?),4,-,,Mr.e.:1:(60S' gentle - hand
., tai A... 4,"
I.fi
,0 .othihmi,she returned faintly,
ptile tired, aiittiofainti, :Don't
tp04:jithirley!::18eet ,. an 'better
•1 ,• e , ,
tibliArolfe',4‘ to .SM110 •into tho lovipg
otiltlilkO0,1 bid, the „hgalitiftil. Oyes,' were
i•kia,' the fiiinfinis seemed. to shiit clit
.1 iovo1ylitaitled,M6e.bending over her' eci
V.,$44or1y, as idie'lay habit altnOst ,breathless
)agiiiiiefi the etiahicnc, ..... ', '. , .
With illivift: deft. : bandit. "and.,;"the. 'telt,
' PO000661.6iI\ Ofan experienced nitilei fibitley
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deathly pale 'in the •gray light
60040, the 'dark brava et het
ditughteett coati,. but her hteathing was
incite Oen' and 'Shirley bops: that she.
'.*:•"•* °
, ur'ogia. have beeu.. ec-i;tottching- and-
eathetiiieight tip (MY 040Whe '0014 have
seen it -the girl, frail and pile -herself, with
no &dor in her sweetface, save in the, vivid
red :o her bendingWith such -tender,
protection And teetering love over the hall
pale mother, who needed all her care and
love, and who was totally 'tinfl,t for tbli
journey she • had;Undertaken. Weida he
•ever 'reach her, destination? Would the
Vide' ;Which was BO' brave Atid high,
snp'port the . weak body Anti!: she,haapet-
formed the task shehad'appointed for her-
self.? LOoking down at the still face' with
eyeasharpened by love and pain, Shirley
thought that it ' was very, likely, terribly
that her Maher would not, liVe, to
reaoh Seothind,,thit. ille would die before
•bei --eyes tested once More ,:cipon her native;
,They had left Paris at Midday,having
tested there for one week, Which had
seemed • him 'months ' to, the' impatient
wommiovho felt that her days were .nuta!
bered,.and who *tilted to leave her child
in safety ere she passed away. The 'kindly
Old French physician, who had at length.
coneented to their Miderttking the journey,
had only ,done so. because he saw:that the
;.fever of rintest :whiehburned in Mrs; Rose'
Mine ivas consuming what. 'little' strength
sho hd, au4. Eirboience told Wiiirthat •
evenAtheiOlirlifTtieeeltiretild her Ofidiit
VrOciltronlylpitsten what must be rapid' and
mettiin, tio Matter' What 'care, or repose, or
ilkiltotmld do:, •
Very fiad were Shirley's thongiits,•as she
-Mt -holding-her Mother in her aims, "and
the train Sped on through 'the, grey
teresting country'; veryheavy WAS the young
heart which, befit close to Mrs.' Roser pale
cheek as it lay on her . daughter's 'breast.
Shirley had tasted the clip of sorrow Many
danneAntirisclion"sliciet• Mint: !bat -too* .it
ipatmrdlto&datiliitilleM1talgrio VA*
Rhet4....hiegelteMllrggittugh•-litgrW.0194i'iSt
'death would leave her" lotielY:and forlorn.,
'would -leave her and -her *brother dependent
on the chat* eftheit relatives; 'whim she
had never Seen, and who had .treated the*
With but scant kindness, hitherto, Shirley
was tad tineelfish t�, vklh'tiSitecip her. She
knew that she longed,:w1th. a great unspeak-
able hinging, • to bo at reet, and that she was
....Witioll,..,:06!--Weekyl.1,7zof her life. For
Marian Boas hadIknown siiffering • stuth as
felielte•the lot of few.
•
As she eat watohing, ilet,"•Motherte..,Eace
with 10iing.pitifid eyes,' Shirley Resit was
thinking that she could, never remember it
without -the look .of stiffering • and resigns.,
father's life-timealthough husband •lind
wife had loved:,etoh other with A greet love
the heanllfitl- face ' bad :btightened
.visibly when heeriteted the robin •stiddenly,
in reliegie: it had, always been grave And
sorrOWful ; there' :had been no -frequent
Smile on the Sweet; lir, no brightneet
the lustrous eyes, n� gaymusio in the: low
sweet Voice. It. seemed to Shirley that her
Mother could nevei have been happy, even
When she loved her husband and lived, in
.perfeet harmony Withhirn. , • r
And Yet what eoulithafe. been the canoe
of 'her sorrow? • Looking back into the
tiniewhich! preceded her father's .death
Shit:ley could think ui -nothing •.tO.,-bif -
that, troubled look to the: beautiful eye
that droop to the tweet lir, '
They had lotted each other -ah, how
deeply -and Never in :the idett-
books could hUithand and Wife •have been
dearer to eabh other than these 106 but
the hod' alw40 been -theta, and•
Shirley even in her 'Childhood had 4eit
dim and impalpable: %. • •
'It ,Witellot want of means. Mend Emig
had beep an artiet, ,end hailed earned more
than' Sufficient money to support them in
their simPle'unpretentiOni mode of ',living.
They had had every cemfort:, every luxury
even, in the ',Old foreign towns in Which
they had lived, And thellife -' had been a
pleasant'andpictutesqiie one. Shirley and
her brother had had firet•rate protestors
and Om edunittional advantage, and they
had never *ion:, denied any reaionable
enjoyment; but, although they had had.
many foreign friends in their wanderings,
they had never settled in amylase where,
therehad been 'many 'Ensile ..residents.
'They • lad seemed: to avoid their : own
'country -people -and -Shirley ik,vss not sorry;
fer„if English people at •home were like
English people •abroad, she. ,could very Well
dispense Withany further knowledge of
therti,-.• ,Ae-,e..,rule„,siieli specimens of. her
country -people as Shirley ektw at hotelp anit
railway -Stations Were noisy, ill-bred,, and
badly, dressed; , and this girl, English
though she was, had tinter pulled an ;hank
on English soil during all her serVenteett
years of life. ,
• Three years' before she had lost ' her
father; and then Mrs Ross had obtained,
through the interest • of her brother; Sir
'0.11.berti,Fairlielma, situation for her On;
*lib was t ffo years his taster's senior, in
the:counting-house of a Wealthy English
,rnekOhant and .there Jack 110118 had spent
two long years'seeing-his mother': and
sister. only,•during. the. fortnight's holiday
which he was allowed, and which he Spent
With than at the fittlegkerintin town where
MM. Rose had settledfbr economy's sake,
for her own income as but Small, and it
,wouldilie with hero. •• . •,„
Thus it happened that, though ',81ililey
,wasgolng: home to Pitglencli it,. was a
strange land to her-althotigh, eheVss fat
too abiorded in her care of her mother now
to give that a thought lasaidea,:Jack was
tOpaeetthan at ellerhig Cross, and it
Would bo so gcSoil to gee hint again -dear
J'ack;\ With' his ginishiny' bike eyes and
onrly yellow loelitv*hOrtad always
and.‘a merry word,ready t Shirley thought
liet.the eight Of.104,,wenld be the beat
'cordial her motherhave ;. slag; laved
Jitelc so dearly,- so.' fond. of her
44 dear hay." • ;.• , •
Paler and paler gtesi ' the ;bentatifUl still
lade, darker and &it ket the shadows tifidet
the longlasluid, ogee, heavier and heavier
• the Weight On, Shirley's shoulder, 'OM% or
•
, '.. tttea,
„ rorety 'eyes tiIl, and
o!t,td.iter:Part of 13hirley'llwent straight,
r-10 'her daughter's face, with A ler& Of
unntterable anguish and pity . in the*
depths:, 4,
'"You- haVis been asleep', dear ??""eaid
Shirley tenderly.
" NO," .01,0nefrom the falnt pale :lips.
But I have been thinking; Shirley."
"Pleasant thoughtste of home, and Jack,
?.1' • bePe, darling, ?" Shirley „ Said trema-•
011817,10r she had teed the, look in the
'UAW iiyes„, and guessed its meaning. •
-
.bit`re,:seeli 4010 .Phe' said, with Midden
slegeriniesite'she raised her,head from the
girl's shoulder, it *avow. would not he' go
orttel •,.1, intuit Hee Jack," ' •
4"Qf cittinimi mother darling 'Don't you
,remeinber jack Is to meet us , at Charing
.0kOas WWI,we•arrive"
Yes4-41 have, uOthugotten; but; Shirley,
-1.A.M so 001 8,114 faint and tired;" said the
invalid' weatilyi an she sank hack upon the
onehions* gasping, for hreath Fend Shirley
,hastened to'rur".1Ont some -of .the restora-
tive which the dooter in Paris had given
hap:, eta held it. to . the pile' parehed lips,
t.fatehilitganxicuelY for •A shade of color,
whioh stole into :them as the restorative
took effect. • . • • •
. "it was oruel to let you come with incBiglied7.-fiit4tiyr-IrPoor
iittk,,girl, what a terrible journey for
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" Don't, mother darlingl" the girl sold;
pitifully 1' You., feel tired • and langua
now, because yorthave been traveling ;but
when you 'have' had ,a rest you will • feel
better. and ;note cheerful.". ••
"Do you think it is 'merely: the fatigue
of travelling, Shirley V,' was •thefeeble
ansvier, gin -With a sorrowful smile; which
went to her daughter's heart. "1 hope -it
;because' I, have be many -things' to' tell:
'you, dear, before 1 go."
" You will tell , me when we are in Scot.
land, mother ?" Shirley said, cheerfully,
choking batik a sob Which rose in her
throat..','
"When e are in Scotland . I wonder.
if I shall ever see Scotland again ?"%the
elder, woman geld "faintly. -"illy ain
cottntrie I• How I loved it I 'How blve. it
even now, although WaS so cruel -U.! me--;
0o:cruel!". she repeated drearily, ,with, a
4errib3eituguitilvitiAm4erk was. 6 6'
kittaiidt.ovises1orkz5roit
iStilik47F4H0XedilatittrAgiSlih4Welf
to the owed' pale face.. •
I think is,"' -answered her ;nether,
smiling. • " It preventsthought, and it
doe,s'not tire me much._ your nnele'e letters
are'quite eafe, Shirley ' • '
. •
Quits eafeiclear.' ; _
44•And you will take gre'a• care .of them,
Shirley ? • Ithink he Will begood to you,
nay •
"He writes yery
Shirley &hexed ';'-" and Aunt Geraldine,
Says sends her love. Did you know her,
• "'Yee, dear," Mrs. Bois answered, the
pain deepening about her lips. and in her
darkey_eic;:. "...I knew her a little:aeon-ago;
before she was married"
; She nide, mother?" " • ,
"She very'beautiful then.; , Shirley,"
said he mother wistfully, With' a lar-aWay
,look-ino-beruyeitilnd-a-quiver of the,lipti--
very boatitiftd.'" ••• .
•" Were yon married 'first, mother, 'or
Gilbertr Shirley milked innocently,
encouraging hermother's wish to talk and.
unconscious of the pain her question!, might
•
Was • marrierst,"hr mother:
,
" Thi3nCimain Gracie. is about toy
Inficke Shirlete.slictL, ;. .
"No, yen; deuein'. i8. a year older thtn•
Jack," Said ' Mre, Anse, 'steadily the.
effort, totipetk *Omitahowing her,daughter
the ••• eatiotion• • it • eanited.her made her
slight triune tremhle; , e.n4 Shirley' took
sierra • ." ' -• ' • •
Yon are CoM' still; •clarling, she, .said:
tenderly .drawing •i whipa round her;
when ber. hithd, came in contact With her
mother's, andshe felt the burning' heat Of
the • plendit. attenuated,' :fingers'. :!!•Indee
'yen • must not talk;•.nonthee• she added
hurriedly. Letnxemake yoU more Qom.,
ferte,ble.' .. • ..- • . • .•
qnitis comfortable ; Shirley, "and
resting nicely: What a careful little nurse
• ,if youwereto.lie down, nicithek,t •
1414 place yOut head:here upon my••lap, you
- would be more'at rest, • There -40 not *het
" It is 'yery ;gee :dear,".' the invalid.
cfflewered . • •• swatting thtt
Shitley• hail euggestecl the, &mien. cif
return lei 'that her. Own , 'time nlight
For a !lett dietetic!' they, went on thus;
.Sbirley's.. hazel iiyeabliiided with tetra,
1(064 , steadily out of ' the Window, fleeing
nothing ettlincenntry,threngli • ,which i• she
•I'vette Vomiting; only ',,pioturingtii herself the
Pale still face, at whith she dared.not look,
;While 'her -mother lay • : with elOied EOM'
thinking of. the paittrand *oilcloth* climb!
it 'IN.,. Which 'had ;boOn so ornel..to her,
.Woald be. equally -cruel to he ohildrin„
,especially •the fair • , 'young. daughter,
who possessed";, events, „elle had possessed,
the 'o.fatal, deWer Of bettuty,,',!,
• Presently Shirley was aroused byn
gasping. sob from her nicithet. ,
, 'up, lift nte• • tiri 1" She 'said
aintly -: fel cannot liteethe,!! • • .
" Shirley: Obeyed, instantly. • Startled as
•she. woe' at ; tha'tertible• change Which:had
'pasaed.Over'her Incitlier,, she. did net lose
her. presence Of Mind. • She'•dropped the
window. to let .the ohill isind blew upon the
Sie.pinched.face;"and forced • 'tome Of the
cordial through, the , White lips. ',For :a
nionient She , thought ' that, this.. tnnet ;,be
death; and beeathe ill and faint herself at;
,the thought a her mother's condition .and
the .itopeSithility Of gibtaighig tieshitinee;
,
stict
ueoy. rio--,move!
140 not „
ohildi
0, ete:32:!ht
14 your head upon mY
ing, er 'Mother
wh tie tea
bietat a little:WU_ e. It doesnot um ‘me.
It Makes me* think of the dal; when you
were a happy little baby, with hig eyes e:nd
such rings of curly hair, Shirley !"
Y88, dear," the girl Sad tirin!y en011gk,
although-Ortr)teaviTherIlrp allmiP in a8.
711. ite4ed in the
f
"Can you he Very brisc' dear, and let
metell you AOW What' I have pt,telf?'B'u'
opposed„ And, you, need all your etrength
bo mother; it 'Will tire you I" the girl
now. Let us -wait."
Dea*1:dare "-Xis Rose said
tremulously, ' " There -may- not be time."
" Mother 1 -there was no mistaking. the
heartbroken anguish in the girl!!! i/01Q8
.0k mailer,' not now -I can' not hearit-nob
now. We -will rest at Boulogne.'"
"-No---I mustgo on. Shirley; 1. insist" -
and in her eegernnes the dying womanfifted
herself up and etood meting her hand upon
her daughter's slionldet•-" I ineiston going
on.. Yon Inse•MO? I will not ste,y-I.will
nbt rest anywhere. Until . I reach 'London,.
Shitley, you promise?" _she, added, "an she
sunk back again exhausted. •
'" Yee, yes, mother, I promise„" the girl
said earnestly ; 'and once more she drew
her mother's heti:I-Upon, her elimilder and
supported. her tenderly in her arms.
-The tram- sped -,on.-Vhirlgray-Oetober
twilight worild soon spreacT over the face of
the earth; in the. statiOne through Which
listy paused lights Were beginning to glim:
fflbr, while the trees on. the road aide -now
stead up grim. and ghost-like. There was
a lamp in thaearriage' and' Shirley closed
the blinds to Abut ant the gloomy landscape,
which looked Aid dreary under the .falling
rain and lowering eicy. -• • .
.!•We-sball scion -be there now,' 'mother,"
Shitleysaid oheethilly. "'It seems tibburd
to hay s0odult-hp7ino,-thiel-carriagerjhati.
think I pan smell the sea -already.' •
" Do yea, dear?" her mother Said With a"
faint smile, remembering how often she had
fancied. that she' could smell the heather
and wildthynie, of the Scotch Moors
when the. Sea and land laybetween her. and
Ltis wet, hut there is not Much Wind*"
Shirley cOntinued. " shall not have it
rough, dear." • , • - '
' • 4'1 dare say Mit, Shirley. Darling" -
and 4211‘6. Ross' 4es !went -velabfally 49:ther
Wlmightectsektic644.41.4vil4audieicneinavi.24.%
4ailtractarzst00.4?4er.4-2:444#40401avlia
haveito tell.' - • '
-:7," There is not time tot ittivthing now,"
Shirley said cheerfully.' •" Theae 'lighte
'mean Boulogne-- citation, dear. We stop
h,ere' ,for a few • minutes, you know, to set
down any 'travellers • for Boulogne -j --then
this nice good:natured-711On takes. us right
down to 'the boat. Do you- Melly feel
•stronger;Mother ? • '•' , '• .
"Really, Ii3hirley-Ther7set-,-alr, yOu
know,'" MM. liesp.teplied, smiling:a little:
." Will you 001410, the,,Wraps; dear? ,And
don't you thkiyen had...hotter' give Me a
dose of thairtice• Mixture of Dootor Le,
jeurie'e before -Wit get out?"'
--Thettaittiglided-into-, the Boulogne eta,
ilonlinittist.AOwn Willie Or. its passengers,
there. There --were • a isheetfid sound of
voices, a ,bright glimmer Of lights,' and
qttick • fixitliteps hntrying 'by;; then'-' the
tram -loft the station again, and went
slOwlir arcing the quay , to the bOat, the
'masts o(the ehips7hrthe docke and: harbor
rating grim , e420. ghostlike M .the . grey
tutuniciii indite*" the light!! 'glisinnerin*g--
feebly thniugh•i . hazeof fog and inlet; •
• a' 00e Bontinnegitt .
' 4 ,
'
.P08i,81888 are jii4t,aove having a crush,
Tit hava :Or think: theyhave;
,thrOit'itioubles and ire afraidof cancer.
The trpnble of ,,cierrnaones. -Pt own .Xrinee
•Icap• -started • bp a''.regular cancer scare, and
physicians-are4rofitingtlliirckhY- • , Some
•yeard, ago, jiist after the,deeth of Charley.
•Backus; Ricardo, And Floyd; ali from kid-
neY trouble,- there 'wes;:aleinillar ;Solite
ong. theatrical .• people about.. kidney'
teatime. *They „went ,to the:. doctors in
docks, many of them, :posseSeed with the
idea that they to had kidney', troubles .
singular fact in , the euperience • of :ckne
..pliy•sidien was that of the !Worts ' of • actore
Who yisited , him mine of thocie whd Were
sure .they were afEtioted hitiVAny trouble.
•Three actors' there , were, however,. who
siihrnitted lo the.'customary excunination
in• 1-4, spirit Of fun. EletyOne"Cf,,them had
the „trouble they hadiff expeotecito find;
two '. of ,them have since died of
Bright's, disease: Thephyeician in 4060
bop dos . not...know, yrhat,,bpoittne of the
thilli.4-N. Z4inis
1114414VOtigiOn OF ti49,408E7.8014
Bachelor; 404, 74, :sued- gOden
.solicolmaret of ps for $5i000 Dimge
A008 Sarah H. Pining, 88 years of age,,
and a teacher in one of the public sehoollt
ot•WatertoWn, NW:York' has !Med John •
13.• Chapman' aged 7.41 for $5,000 damages,
alleged to have been sustained-J:1y reason of
his refusal to make her his bride. Mies
Chellis is,a rather preposseesing lady and
quite :prominent in social. circles, She -
alleges that her aged jover agreed to marry
her in 1886. " Afterward it was
arrangedbetween that the affair::be
postponed Until Sept. 15th, From, that!
off:dt -ha abic:e404.4waStcht.; jellitni.rie;yut.-p7EinTvohnist.;:resItidthaeih.2hr2ea.441t7....
day. of the sime.month. Then phe letrned
Mr. Chipmtit is a baclielbt* and lime a
a maiden sister, on a tartta in the town'.
Rodman; 12 Miles:from the abode of! 'Miss
Cnellis. He has get loth of land and Plenty • ,
et4fehrZosetyipyatirtstnetrotahile rientliiridtiv9ta eif4behintog
•town. He le *Meted with' rhettmetieni,
hfiwed with age, and his im Most
occasions *mild stamp hiin as an :inmate
�f the county house . Altogether,' he
one of the most unattractive and, ungehlly
lovers that Cupid has ever tackled.. The,
peeple. of Watettovm are quite familiar
with, the face and' figure of Mr. Chapman.
Uia eustoin in years past has been to come
to town summer barefooted and ragged.
'Whenthe'Coldblitsts-otwinter.TWepti down
frouitini Adirendaoke he did not surprise,
those who knetrbim because he put-, in An •
appearance -without' 4an *bile
Atna
westing a straw hat. While courting
Micia Chellis he thought a • n�vi.
quit of clothes was neoesstry to help alengL
his 'little • tllair of the heart, 130 be bought'.
or hired their'. As the new eut4t.was only
•for the eyes of •the lady in .queetion, Very
few people saw -him „, wellodreseed.i -
tistom Waeto COM 10 town in hie old and' •
the new neW only long enough to pay hie re.
speots t�. his . lady love so Miss Chen!
sty/ him in one.garb and. the .peOPle. saw
him •-another.--These• ate only -it 'fent: '
pepnliarities of the -.aged' wooer. In hie
answer to the complaint of Miss Chellis.
Mr, Chipman denies.the promise to marry, _
and stye he is afflicted -With rlaeumatilitn,
diseasecif the kidneys, hae fits, falls down •
unconscious; remaining s�several minute!' • •
ata time: In spite , these alarroing
a 'atoms:it Asobidieveci•that itheolefendrint '
illebecenducadvabloonakeen.-.w.igarons ade.4tr.
Jenamtiglituktliesatotifilositecolitimi
March terra'•V the SliPrafenotart..
-1('he'llueen's.D.14)880040t0...the
The following is the ct ddi•eis 6f.thciPiike
of Mittel's, the headoEthe Queen's,Elpeehtf..
•Mission to the Pepe His Holiness': reply •
to'which been.ptiblished ;
*". Holy Vatliet,-Her Majesty the Queen, •
thyMost Graeiotis Sovereign,' having been .
pleased: to select me an Her Majesty!sspeOitcl
:Envoy. to expreesi t�your Holiness, in.a .
public and forint' manner, her senseof the
,Mittrtesy shown by the mission of Monsignor
'.1t(iffo.Boilla to convey your Halinessi*n.
gratidatiohe on .the fiftieth anniversary
het,reign;: I hat,e; the .hilnor to :present---to-:-.-
:rig! Holing as Her Majesty's letter aceredit, •
ins Met& that pUtpose.• Her .Majesty has
commanded m� to say that, in 'ecmilding
10.iiie thia" high -inission, she- has been
mOVeci not only by .a ;•desire to iiektioidedge ,
this, preof of' your Holiness's good -will te-
Wenleher,butr aloe to .giv,e expression •
her deeliiig of deep reepebt for -the 'elevated .
reharantet and:ClirtittitinitiedointvhiCh ykin
have dikilayedIn- your high. position. « The
tertiperate sagacity which
thdinesit has corrected priora'. and assuaged• '
differences : fromwhich ninch evil might.
Other** have arisenhispires HerBiajesty
with the earnesthope that 'life and health
may Lang be granted to you, •and that your',
:beneficent action May , be long 'Continued. '
•Inoitinelesion* 1 beg:leave te be perMitted
tit °sprees tii..yont, .Holineee; how very
eseasible-terni-of-the honor Whicih has been
conferred utiOn• •ffle bymy" snit:lions
Sovereign in selecting ine for this' high '
iniseitin and in Makingnie the. interpreter.,
of Her Majesty's tientkinetitil onthia,
Occesion.". •
, . Hear 46...Prad.vieed:
. .
At a bellihe following conversation be-
tween mother and daughter- wteoVerliecird:
-MOther-Jnet-look ..at Saiitheee,
. . .
Caroline, , • :•
•
Daustiter74 see ••
• ',1'.°4tist See , hoe, Modest: she
look. 'Why cion't, yob logic that•way ,
"How , you are, mother!. Her,
modest loOk.ia'oWing to her long eyelashes.'
Thcit's the SOMA YouCan't look ,de,
Muni. wlien„y_ou have get. short eyeoliehes.•:.
Uve tried if too Often not tO,knoW." ,
.• 7 laVS• Dlletisuus.
klenty Shatstein; thetrtist tot ployeci I to
Make the life-size emfilematin figures .Over
the boxes in the new Mtedoldidl at- Billfold,
hisbeen surrounded' by ;graVo
milties' sincelie began the. Work.' He Wished:
to -Make designii Mule., figures
and: inlVertlited,for fernaliiriodels.: Modest,
' • ,,. ,
•
Belittle didnot Semi te.eoniptehend
quirernents. VerioustVoinen Answered his
adyertlitentent„ but :When' tbey finaily corn'
fiiitibendettlie,fitil duty of tin artist'e model
they Were ehooked and. 'angered, The um-•
• hielty 13hareteiiiwag neatly thiaplied by the
°Met brother ,Of a y.oung.wornait who ;wished -
to be* Modelonly so far as her face Was
ooneetned, A nitidcin lady Of an uncertaiii'
Age Went into hYeteries: when • elle ..srealized,
Whitt Was' required of, her. One enraged
Another threatened to haSe: 'Sliatstein ar•
reStectfot ineulting her daeglitet.: 'Finally
the perplexed artist WAS obliged to Bend. t�
New XorkeitY for tr#ele,
' A Gr at L d
1 , e 0 se an.
' • • . •
Firlit'D'atite-M& Crossly, my husband
tells me that Mr. Ciossly is '.:very popular,
.among the society gentlemen.. • ,
Second'Danne-Tes, he is. , 11 1. do, say
vanishedand the' inval
but m a hi* minutes the, detithilatike, pallor, ly huebiliul is a great -ledge' man.
.;id's brehing be' p., •. , u.bia.,, . , „ „? 0, , • , 44, ,
1
came more regular. • , Oh, yea, he goes ddivntoWn " to lodge
' "11 is , die gad' feebly, and
&loom 7 O'clock every night Mid comes
tried' to smith into the, starXtled anxious r home to lodge thmit the ' 88;810 time every
taee - hauling, over ir881 ttkg •
, ay' Saild thtt etily in the war a iyotnaii
entirely OnlierVeki, Shirley !intik Rion her, kpra Virginia' appealed , to Mr:: Lincoln 14
knees by her ,mother'S !ailleo, half, sapport"-• .retulti her slaVdt to her on the ground that
inghet and Mrs. Boas put bOth her feeble', *afie,Was a Christian and had always treated
arms around:the girlts head *and drew• it 'them with great kindness; and that bere
'clerie to her bread: •• •• • . plied, : ‘4 have poor idea of roll ion that
Mother -,-oh;• mother I" Shirley- Aid;•,gote one's bread ou
Wt beer,. t of the Watt 0 'another
tryiing to ,stifle thngreaf shaking sabot which rnaresbrow.'`
• . rni:0711 i•••; • • t • , •••
Treroblingn6w in everyllinkalid almost
A
• •
. A Georgia SoeietrIteua.
We letrn,•:-• in a' serni-rellable Way; • thatt
.11fified Katie lAeci,..11ertnetly of this ! place;
was ,married In lllonticiello toat Sunday to ,
~Whether Miss Katie Wee
married or: not she is a beautiful young
lady of rate aocomplishmentil and, would
mak el a, chtrebing boutpanien. We wish
Mist; Ka* or Mrs: :$zel,I,T,te..the facto may •;,
warrant,a, merry Christmas and ,,maxty,
glany happy New Years. -.Canton- &pence: •
• ; .Excess of Politeness.
" 1 .de019.1'04° *exclaimed Mrs. egg ttif
idle vainly endeavored to dissect the turkey;--
" if • 'yen aten1 the .poorest manto do
marketing. This turkey's old as Methn;.
seith." "Possibly," said Fogg, unabashed,.
." but my dear, it ;is tc- fenutle ',bird and
•
eourteity.,to, the sex prevented me from •
big diring about her age."---Maneheoter Union.
Aritiametit,
Literal -44o you are really ,ongaged to '
:him, dear • • He, is 4040n say,. and you are.
26:4 -just tWide as old Ail yon, • love. Dear •
me,when yes are 40 he will be 40! • '
ClartGoOd.grabions I I hadn't hOught
of that, • . •
;..Expert Testiinofty.
"])o you think the night air
healthy ?" itisked MM. Cunigo Of het hum.
blink • ; .„ ' • . ;
• " People: Who,heveilieen:on 4 night tear • '
tell me it in "dwite the reply. -New York '
xeion-",where` ata, you graduate .
froki Mrr, From'the
Sal Of 2PhaliiiiiiIY." Mies Skeen (With'. -
enrcitige)" hitt possible? Whafa Strange , •
choice for a young Mery hrenght'up •In4 the ,
city I But, if I ,eitiatabor, rightly, yonr "
randfsether, was 4 fertile*, *ie.!'